ASU CSI

At ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, we create visions of the future that are inclusive, imaginative, and inspiring.

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Want to keep up with the goings on at CSI? Here are a few helpful links:
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Download & read our books: https://t.co/3vg6400cFz
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[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

This summer, our Solar Tomorrows Fellows created learning materials for all ages about solar tech and opportunities in AZ. Read more over at @asunews and check out the materials for K-12, informal and lifelong learning + journalism: https://t.co/lhqKYCv1Py

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

It's Frankenstein Day, folks! Celebrated every year on 8/30 to honor Mary Shelley, who was born #OTD in 1797.

A good opportunity to re-up our beautiful edition of her classic novel, expanded with essays & annotations: https://t.co/DKWMmwxBvG (#OpenAccess edition available)

[Syllble Studios @Syllble]

We're excited for the debut collaborative science fiction novel from The Nova Aera Collective. 8 writers and artist at @ASU came to imagine a compelling futuristic world 'Nova Aera'.
https://t.co/bmd6mwzkho

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@jennahanchey
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@GuerrierFabrice
@zonal

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

1960s Peruvian speculative fiction. Nier: Replicant. Preparing journalists to cover artificial intelligence. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from Mateo Díaz Choza and Devan Hakkal! https://t.co/E03NZ8Rv1A

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Our friend + collaborator @andresDCmtz reflects on the difficulty of thinking precisely about the future, and the dangers of nostalgia and unrelenting gloom: https://t.co/0VYKvsmWAe

[ASU News @asunews]

Supporting veterans in transition: Marine veteran & @imaginationASU’s Bob Beard launched the Veterans Imagination Project to empower veterans with future thinking and collaborative imagination skills. Learn more from the current cohort: https://t.co/G9r5mlF0ld

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Watch the latest CSI Skill Tree, featuring the science fiction roleplaying game @CitizenSleeper, with developer @JumpOvertheAge + author, researcher, and solarpunk editor @pheebs_w: https://t.co/d8LAh2LmxY

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Reimagining the Future of [X],” part of our Applied Sci-Fi Project! Featuring @Annaleen, Tobias Buckell, @august_cole, @shrapnelofme + @torystephens: https://t.co/SohipwShzU

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

@FischbachCre8 @ASU Thank you, Chris! Drop us a line, https://t.co/qFUTJu8bDi, if you ever have ideas to share or would like to learn more.

[Dr Nora Castle @nora_castle]

Love to see @imaginationASU works in the wild! Phillip M Crosby discusses Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Efficiency” from the collection at #unbuilding23. You can download the book for free from ASU CSI’s website! https://t.co/gGhUgdkFm5

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Delighted to be partnering with @co_futures on this virtual conference! You can watch the livestream at https://t.co/vUfWGI2qR7.

[Merve Tabur @MerveTabur7]

Interested in "Community Speculations and Technopolitics"? The 2023 CoFUTURES Virtual Conference is starting today! Check out our 3 day-program filled with exciting keynote speeches, paper presentations, artistic performances, and roundtables collaborated with @imaginationASU.

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Can science fiction help us navigate the challenges of the 21st century? Read + listen to CSI's @zonal, along with @gerrycanavan and @ytashawomack, pondering that question and more on @cbcradio: https://t.co/UyXIbgUcG7

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Congratulations to @AtGreenblatt, whose Future Tense Fiction story "If We Make It Through This Alive," about a road race across a future U.S. reshaped by climate chaos, is a finalist for the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (alongside a number of other amazing stories)!

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Join us June 14 at 9am Pacific for “Reimagining the Future of [X],” a conversation featuring @Annaleen, Tobias S. Buckell, @august_cole, @shrapnelofme, @torystephens + @KevinBankston! Learn more and register (it’s free): https://t.co/Cf1GN59KUL

[Arizona State University @ASU]

.@imaginationASU, @NewAmerica and @Slate’s partnership is making waves in Hollywood, catching moviemakers' attention with its innovative storytelling.

@FutureTenseNow's “This, But Again,” is being adapted into a film to be directed by actor @BenStiller: https://t.co/6rPLcXSxcN

[Regina Kanyu Wang @Regina_Kanyu]

ASU's Leonardo Imagination Fellowship, virtual and open to people everywhere, designed to support the development of all kinds of digital-media projects, is call for applications!

I have been working with ASU for several projects and cannot recommend it more!

DDL: June 2!

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

C. S. Lewis writes science fiction. Africanfuturist cinema. A new collection edited by @chineloonwualu. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from @jennahanchey + @ek_wagner! https://t.co/GMr6yVikoc

[New America @NewAmerica]

We need creative stories that envision positive climate futures—ones to work towards, not prevent against.

Ed Finn (@Zonal) and Joey Eschrich of @imaginationASU and @FutureTenseNow discuss why climate optimism is a necessary tool.

☁ Read more: https://t.co/zJsQEQ99ZK

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

Read CSI’s Joey Eschrich over at @FutureTenseNow on the space-opera videogame trilogy Mass Effect, and its obsession with transportation and infrastructure: https://t.co/tr4JJnShcv

[ASU CSI @imaginationASU]

We're proud to announce our second Imagination Fellowship program, in collaboration with @LeonardoISAST, exploring Planetary Health Futures! Applications are due by June 2.

[ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory @ASUGlobalFuture]

Applications for the 2023 @LeonardoISAST Imagination Fellowship are now open! Participants will explore experimental media projects related to topics like climate, human well-being and democracy. Fellows will receive mentorship and a $6,000 stipend.
https://t.co/BJuapvrOxR